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I do think that the rise of fascism is directly tied to the decline of communal values.

So on the one hand, you have capitalism, which relentlessly tells you that everything is a competition, your value as a person can only come at someone else's expense, some people are just intrinsically better than others, and your position on this hierarchy is determined by what's in your bank account. On the other hand, individualist liberalism can only answer this with a sort of weak-tea "self-esteem" discourse, which at best amounts to "try your best! Do what you love! It doesn't matter!" and at worst amounts to shouting "Everyone's a winner!", a position that even children automatically view with cynicism.

Never is there any discussion that maybe value shouldn't be intrinsic to the self. Maybe your value is in how much you make life better for other people. Like, do you make a worthy and necessary contribution to society that helps other people? That adds to the net happiness of the world? Then congratulations, you should take pride in that. Someone who plants a bee garden for free is worth more than a hedge fund manager who only contributes misery to the world, even if he makes a lot of money doing it. Someone who uses their body to block, however temporarily, the export of weapons or the laying of pipeline is infinitely more valuable to society than the skilled engineer who makes his living designing them. Even simple activities like telling jokes or doing chores are worth infinitely more than developing advertising software that only makes people annoyed and parts them from their money!

Like the moral of that movie It's A Wonderful Life wasn't that the guy should go on living because he really tried his best and maybe he'll finally get to do what he wants with his life once he saves up his pennies; the moral was that he should go on living because he'd made life materially and spiritually better for his community. We need that energy!!

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Dragon Age: Old Men Yaoi

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DATV has barely been out a week and people are already arguing over if it's better/worse than BG3 but I'm just out here saying 'yay two cakes' because now I have TWO graveyard dates to go on, TWO gentleman professors of magic to romance, TWO elven hunks who love animals to tenderly gaze into the eyes of. I can pet the owlbear cub AND I can pet Assan. I'm sandwiched between Taash and Karlach's abs as I speak.

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me when sexualized design is appealing to me: I love being a pervert this is the correct way to be

me when sexualized design is not appealing to me: all of you are fucking lame and stupid get better taste

me when my heart is ripped off my torso by a dragon: oh fuck

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what i love about disco elysium is how much it can make you not want to kill yourself right after making you want to kill yourself

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Yaoi Has Been Proven Scientifically

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transitioning isnt enough i need to bond with a symbiote. i need to be a weird shapeshifting goo monster. i need look all pretty and then make my face split open reveling sharp teeth that by all logic should not fit in my skull. and the big long prehensile tongue.. ough

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"A world without trans people has never existed and never will"

Poster spotted in Olympia, WA

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if you're waking up like me thinking "where do we even go from here?"

you:

build community & involve yourself locally

learn self sustainability skills

choose kindness

protect others & yourself

join or build a mutual aid group and/or network

find time for small joys (the arts, cooking a meal you love, spending time with loved ones, etc.)

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Emmrich Volkarin in Lich's Vestige

The silk and ash stitched into this imposing necromancy set protects any wearer prone to accidental dismemberment or decay.

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Emmrich Volkarin 💀💚

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they're both doing their best and love their weird lil sons so SO much

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Lucanis complains that resurrection wastes the effort of a good kill. Which. Yeah. Anyway I cannot leave Emmrich out of my party, I love him too much 😔

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Fandom needs less representation for tops who are selfless and "just like helping their partners feel good and explore their desires" and more representation for tops who are embodying the Nine Inch Nails "Closer"/Depeche Mode "Soothe My Soul" vibes in terms of being a broken trembling husk of a person who is grounded and made whole and purified by someone else willingly absorbing the brute force of their need. That's just my opinion, man.

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playing as a mourn watcher rook who's besties with emmrich is so fun cause you're both constantly like "ah necropolis 🥰 spirits 😍 corpses ☺️ necromancy 😜" while all the other team members give you side eye. like. you're just two nevarran nerds vibing together and i love that.